6/18/05
Knoxville Raceway
30 410s
36 360s
410s
Chris Walraven (4th car out to time) set quick time at 15.465 seconds. Kerry Madsen (9th car out) was second quick, followed by Jesse Giannetto (5th), Skip Jackson (20th), Eric Vanderploeg (13th), Justin Henderson (12th), Ricky Logan (19th), Billy Alley (26th), Clint Garner (8th) and Jaymie Moyle (14th). Tyler Houseman failed to get a time in and scratched for the evening. Bob Weuve and Brent Antill also retired before heats could commence.
Heat one (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (1) 2. Jackson 2 (5) 3. Moyle 5m (3) 4. Jon Agan 4 (2) 5. Logan 10 (4) 6. Walraven 56 (6) / 7. Mike Moore 69 (7) 8. Michael Jones 1a (9) 9. Jerrel Slinkard 15s (8) DNS - Weuve 19
Johnson led throughout while Jackson moved past Moyle using the low side of a drying track to take a strong second. Less passing has occured in the eight lap heats since the inversion has only been six, taking six to the feature.
Heat two (started): 1. Mike Reinke 02 (1) 2. Brian Brown 21 (3) 3. Don Droud Jr. 17G (2) 4. Alley 22 (4) 5. Matt Moro (7) 6. Madsen 55 (6) / 7. Vanderploeg 7x (5) 8. Lynton Jeffrey 4AU (9) 9. Robert Bell 71 (8) DNS - Antill 1
Vanderploeg elected to start on the tail, suffering from wheel alignment problems. Reinke was on a rail on the cushion, leaving the field in his wake. Moro's strong run came just short of grabbing fourth from Alley at the line.
Heat three (started): 1. Chad Meyer 1w (3) 2. Garner 40 (4) 3. Giannetto D1 (6) 4. Tim St. Arnold 7w (2) 5. Henderson D11 (5) 6. Ryan Anderson 71R (9) / 7. Kaley Gharst 44G (7) 8. Calvin Landis 70 (1) 9. Greg Jones 35 (8) DNS - Houseman 50
Landis took the point early and led until Gharst spun on lap five, bringing a caution. Under the yellow flag conditions, Landis suffered a flat and retired. Meyer inherited the lead and took it to the checkers. Anderson used a strong start in jumping from ninth to fifth and held on to a transfer. Giannetto went from seventh to third in a hurry after the lap five restart to grab third.
B main (started): 1. Landis (2) 2. Vanderploeg (1) 3. Moore (6) 4. M. Jones (8) 5. Gharst (3) 6. Jeffrey (7) / 7. Slinkard (4) 8. G. Jones (5) 9. Bell (9) DNS - Antill, Weuve, Houseman
Vanderploeg led the first lap, but Landis took over on lap two and smoked the field. M. Jones used a strong start on the cushion to move up four spots and into a transfer.
A main (started): 1. Logan (1) 2. Madsen (5) 3. Alley (7) 4. Brown (10) 5. Henderson (2) 6. Jackson (3) 7. Johnson (15) 8. Landis (19) 9. St. Arnold (14) 10. Garner (8) 11. Moro (17) 12. Droud (13) 13. Reinke (16) 14. Jeffrey (24) 15. Gharst (23) 16. Vanderploeg (20) 17. Anderson (18) 18. Moore (21) 19. Moyle (9) 20. M. Jones (22) 21. Walraven (6) 22. Agan (12) 23. Giannetto (4) 24. Meyer (11)
Jackson slid under the front row for an exciting pass for the lead. He paced the field until Giannetto, who was running sixth, came to a rest on the backstretch, on lap six of the 25 lapper. Meyer also exited with rear end problems at this time. The restart saw Jackson leading Henderson, Logan, Madsen and Alley back to green flag racing. Logan set his sights on the lead pair and moved under, grabbing the point on lap seven. Henderson would battle back and lead lap eight in intense action. Logan tracked him down, finding some rubber developing in turns one and two and took the point for good on the 13th circuit. He was able to hold off the challenges of a persistent Madsen, who extended his point lead over Johnson.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Johnny Anderson 7a (4*) 2. Dusty Zomer 1z (5*) 3. John Schulz 2 (1*) 4. Nick Eastin 25 (2) 5. Bobby Mincer 15 (8*) 6. Troy Meyer 11m (3) 7. Josh Higday 24 (7) 8. Jerry Crabb 12x (6) 9. Alan Gilbertson 97 (9)
Anderson shot around the front row to lead the distance, winning in convincing fashion. Mincer was shuffled back to the rear at the start, but came back strong to earn a transfer to the A.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Joe Beaver 53 (1*) 2. Jeff Mitrisin 10 (3*) 3. Bronson Maeschen 96 (2*) 4. John Kearney 83B (7*) 5. Stevie Walsh 20 (8*) 6. Mike Houseman Jr. Y5 (4) 7. Terry Alexander 77 (5) 8. Rob Edwards 22 (6) 9. Tommy Kamrath 6K (9)
Beaver led flag to flag in a mostly single file affair. Some early moves put Kearney and Walsh in position to earn transfers to the feature.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Larry Ball Jr. 5J (3*) 2. Frankie Heimbaugh 04 (1*) 3. Mitchell Alexander 6 (2*) 4. Brett Mather 54 (7*) 5. John Hall 7H (6) 6. David Hall 51 (8) 7. Nate Van Haaften 3 (9) 8. Alan Zoutte 33 (4) 9. Nate Mosher 22N (5)
Mosher spun in turn three before a lap could be completed, then got together with Zoutte on the restart, ending his night. Heimbaugh led the opening circuit before Ball took over for good on lap two, pulling away.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jarod Smith 48 (2*) 2. Tom Lenz 8L (4*) 3. Jake Peters 57x (7*) 4. Eddie Leavitt Jr. F4 (1) 5. Mike Houseman Y2 (6) 6. Rager Phillips 9 (8) 7. Pete Crall 11 (3) 8. Davey Heskin 56x (9) 9. Eric Mason B29 (5)
Mason spun, collecting Peters before a lap could be completed. Mason pulled in after trying to restart. Smith led flag to flag. Heskin spun on lap two, and then tipped over on lap three ending his night. The restart saw Smith leading Leavitt, Lenz, Houseman and Peters. Peters took advantage, jumping into third and following Lenz across the stripe.
B main (started): 1. J. Hall (3) 2. Phillips (6) 3. Higday (7) 4. Edwards (14) / 5. Eastin (1) 6. Leavitt (2) 7. Houseman Jr. (8) 8. Meyer (10) 9. Crall (12) 10. Mason (17) 11. Gilbertson (15) 12. Kamrath (18) 13. Van Haaften (9) 14. D. Hall (5) 15. Crabb (13) 16. Heskin (16) 17. T. Alexander (11) 18. Houseman (4) DNS - Zoutte, Mosher
The initial try at green saw Houseman hit a slowing Leavitt and make heavy contact with the wall, ending his night. J. Hall took the early advantage. D. Hall was on the move and took over on lap three of 10 from his third row starting spot. He pulled away until stopping on lap five. He restarted at the tail. J. Hall again assumed the lead over Phillips, Eastin, Leavitt and Higday. Edwards jumped from the seventh spot to grab third on the restart, in the move of the night. Higday got him back for a transfer, but Edwards held onto the final pass in holding off Eastin in a great run.
A main (started): 1. Lenz (1) 2. Peters (7) 3. Mather (11) 4. Mitrisin (8) 5. Kearney (10) 6. Zomer (4) 7. Schulz (12) 8. Anderson (6) 9. Walsh (16) 10. Maeschen (13) 11. Higday (19) 12. Ball (5) 13. Smith (3) 14. Mincer (15) 15. J. Hall (17) 16. Phillips (18) 17. Heimbaugh (9) 18. Edwards (20) 19. M. Alexander (14) 20. Beaver (2)
Beaver shot out to the lead and put everyone behind him in the 20 lapper. He was weaving through traffic as Peters and Mather slowly picked their way up through the field. On lap 16, Beaver held a five second lead over Lenz when he made heavy contact with the wall while dealing with lapped traffic. This ended his night. Lenz assumed the lead and led the last four laps for his first career Knoxville win in almost 20 years of competition. Mather moved from sixth to third after the restart, sharing hard-charger honors with Higday.